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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Liu T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5672564 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ZooKeys 20170724 686
The genus <i>Antispila</i> Hübner, [1825] is newly recorded from mainland China. <i>Antispila sinensis</i><b>sp. n.</b>, the first formally named Heliozelidae species in mainland China, is described. The host plant of the new species, <i>Cornus walteri</i> Wangerin (Cornaceae), is widespread through east Asia and is used as a shade tree in city parks in Jinan City, where the moth causes damage to foliage. Morphological and molecular analyses distinguish <i>A. sinensis</i><b>sp. n.</b> from its c ...[more]